The Adventures of Angus McIntyre #1

'The Great Australian Ghost Story'

Publisher: Macroworks Pty Ltd

Genre: Literacy

Topics: Comprehension & Vocabulary

Ages: 10 - 16+

System Requirements

	VISTA, XP, 2003, 2000, Me, NT, 98; Pentium III 666 MHz (minimum); 64 MB RAM; 640x480 (16 bit colour); Quad Speed CD-ROM; Sound Card; 150 MB of available disc space.
	OS 9.x, OS X.x; Power PC 666 MHz (minimum); 64 MB RAM; 640x480 (16 bit colour); Quad Speed CD-ROM; Sound Card; 150 MB of available disc space.

Snapshot

* fully narrated, 12-chapter story with fun illustrations * self-contained comprehension and vocabulary exercises at the end of each chapter * suggested extension activities for each chapter * 4 bonus games to encourage success * scoring and achievement results recorded and printable * recording of problem words * printable certificates

Suitability

This software is suitable for readers who have attained independent reading skills, including those who are dyslexic or have short-term memory or ADD. It is perfect for reluctant male readers.

Overview

Angus McIntyre is your typical Australian 12 year old. He hates teachers, school, and parents who make him do things he doesn’t want to do. Angus lives on a cattle property in New South Wales and goes to boarding school in Sydney.

In 'The Great Australian Ghost Story', Angus finds himself in England on a summer vacation that he wants no part of. You’ll laugh at his look on life as he describes the miserable experience of sight-seeing with his parents through a rain soaked country, and how unfair it is that he’s not lying on an Aussie beach with his friends. Until, that is, he finds himself scared to death by a headless ghost in a suit of armour, roaming the halls of a genuine English castle!

Like any good stories,'The Adventures of Angus McIntyre' programs are meant to be enjoyed. However, they can also be used as an integral teaching resource in the classroom or at home. Students can first enjoy Angus’s escapades, and then go on to test their comprehension skills, as well as add to their word knowledge and vocabulary development, with the self-contained exercise sets at the end of each chapter.

As well as being challenged, students are also motivated to achieve, and in doing so go on to play a number of stimulating bonus games, while also earning printable achievement certificates.

The message of The Adventures of Angus McIntyre series is to read, enjoy, discuss and understand. The end result may well be the development of a lifelong love of reading for reading's sake.

The home edition is a single site licence for 4 users only.

The school edition has no restrictions on the number of users for a single site licence, and teachers are able to allocate class groups, and assign global or individual user settings. All configuration settings are adjustable, providing the opportunity for customisation of the program to suit individual student needs. Teachers are also able to control sound effects and other program features.

Although "The Great Australian Ghost Story" can be read within the program as an E-Book, a paperback edition has been published for reading enjoyment away from the computer. (The learning activities are not included in the book.)

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